Intercultural communication competence : conceptualization and its development in cultural contexts and interactions / edited by Xiaodong Gai and Guo-Ming Chen.

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Intercultural communication competence is an indispensable ability for people to interact appropriately and effectively across nations and regions in the globalized world. Competent intercultural communication enables people to reach mutual understanding as well as reciprocal relationships. In recent decades, considerable progress has been made in the research of intercultural communication competence. However, due to its complexity, many problems remain unanswered and need to be addressed. ...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. Conceptualizing Intercultural Communication Competence -- Chapter One. Intercultural Communication Competence : Summary of 30-year Research and Directions for Future Study -- Chapter Two. Conceptualizing, Measuring and Predicting Intercultural Competence -- Chapter Three. Competence in Interaction : Cultural Discourse Analysis -- Chapter Four. Becoming Competent in Intercultural Communication : An Organizational Process in the Globalized Environment -- Chapter Five. Ethical Issues in Intercultural Communication Competence : A Dialectical Approach -- Chapter Six. A Face Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence -- Chapter Seven. Intercultural Praxis : Transforming Intercultural Communication Competence for the 21st Century -- Part Two. The Development of Intercultural Communication Competence in Cultural Contexts and Interactions -- Chapter Eight. Intercultural Competence in Asian Contexts : Toward Integrating Asiacentricity and Intercultural Citizenship -- Chapter Nine. Competence, Interaction and Action : Developing Intercultural Citizenship Education in the Language Classroom and Beyond -- Chapter Ten. English across Cultures and Intercultural Literacy -- Chapter Eleven. Language-teaching Context Built in Recent English-Chinese Dictionaries for Cultivating Learner's Intercultural Linguistic Competence -- Chapter Twelve. Building Bridges, Using Weapons or Making Music Together? Metaphoric (Re)framing in Intercultural Language Learning -- Chapter Thirteen. Shyness, Self-esteem and Intercultural Communication Competence -- Chapter Fourteen. Media Production Literacy as a Form of Intercultural Communication Competence: Demystifying Indigenous Peoples in the Philippine Cordillera -- Chapter Fifteen. Perceiving Intercultural Competence in a Business Context -- Chapter Sixteen. Reflections on Global Engineering Design and Intercultural Competence : The Case of Ghana -- Chapter Seventeen. A Study of Intercultural Competence of Volunteer Chinese Teachers in Confucius Institutes -- Chapter Eighteen. Openness as a Factor Underlying Successful Expatriation : A Brief Report of Project iGOES.

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